I think what's bothering me most here is actually the (I hope!) grammatical error there. It's "made BY" artisan honey keepers, not "made FROM." Because if it's made FROM the honey KEEPERS than it either contains people, or bees, depending on how you look at that. And while I like eating honey, I don't want to eat the BEES, or the bee keepers either!

I am pretty sure organic honey can be certified as such if the surrounding fields are pesticide free within a certain range. I believe in Europe the distance is 3 kilometers. The US is far more lax in it's rules for what is organic.

I did have a store manager ask me about jams (jelly???) and gluten free once - a customer was demanding they re-label their products as he had reacted to his jam on toast for breakfast as if there was gluten in it. Didn't occur to him he'd picked up crumbs from his wife's plate or something. No - there had to be gluten in the strawberry jam he bought from them...

Honey preserves. Honey, preserves. I'm sorry I thought honey was basically bee vomit and that "preserves" are fruit concoctions that require boiling and reducing stuff. There are so many thing wrong with that label.

Honey is naturally Gluten free but can become contaminated depending on the packaging facility. A product that is labeled gluten free must be tested and contain no more than 20 ppm of gluten. This is true of natural gluten free foods like milk. Contamination of the food system by gluten is very easy just ask anyone with Celiac disease. So the gluten free labeling means the product has been and is periodically tested to maintain a level of gluten bellow 20 ppm.

Even though I have celiac,I didn't know that,fuzzybob!Thanks for the info.Though it does kinda crack me up when certain foods where it should be a duh-thing that they are gluten free have a gluten free label...though I guess it also makes it easier for those who do not know much about gluten to be able to pick out something for a family member who cannot have it.

Ok, being the daughter and sister of beekeepers I have to put in my comments. Growing up, I extracted honey with my father and brothers so I know the whole process from beginning to end.1. Honey is not a preserve! 2. The beekeeper(human)is not an aritsan. The honeykeepers(bees) create the honey!3. Of course it's 100% natural, there is no chemical substitute for honey!4. And of course it's gluten free! No beekeeper I know happens to be baking in their warehouse alongside their extraction equipment and honey tanks!

This label is all about marketing and jacking up the price for this BS labeled honey. If you don't know that honey is gluten-free, you aren't using your brain! What a crock!

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